WORLD

Meet The New Jihad

A TIME investigation reveals how insurgents in Iraq aim to create an Islamic state and turn the country into a terrorist haven

Nowhere To Hide

How the ethnic cleansing of western Sudan has created a humanitarian crisis that threatens 500,000 lives

NATION

Dreaming About The Senate (Nation/'04 Campaign)

Why Democrats think they have a shot at taking it back, with hot candidates from Alaska to Illinois

Leaving Blacks Cold (Nation/'04 Campaign)

If African Americans are a natural constituency for John Kerry, why hasn't he been able to wow them?

Eyes And Ears Of The Nation

Thousands of truckers, bus drivers and rest-stop workers are being enlisted to spot terrorists. Is this comforting news?

BUSINESS

Wal-Mart's Gender Gap

What a landmark lawsuit aims to prove about how the No. 1 retailer pays its female workers

BRIEFING

THE ARTS

Keira's Quest (Movies)

She's on the road to being a star. But the comely Ms. Knightley just wants to be a good actress

When It Rains, It Pours (Arts/Books)

Biblical characters are fiction's hot heroes. Now a first-time novelist takes us onto the ark with Noah

It's De-Pressing! (Arts/Movies)

A new Cole Porter biopic plays the great songwriter's life in a minor key

YOUR TIME

Womb with a View (Your Time/Health)

Sonographic snapshots of Baby as a fetus make cool keepsakes, but are they safe?

The Myth of Megapixels (Your Time/Tech)

When picking a digital camera, those big numbers aren't the only thing